Sorenstam Crushes Field With 10-Stroke Victory; Tracy Hanson Fourth

Mon., Sept. 25, 1995

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Even a par round on the final day couldn’t take away from Annika Sorenstam’s impressive victory in the GHP Heartland Classic in St. Louis.

Sorenstam, the reigning U.S. Open champion, had a 72 Sunday and that gave her a 10-under-par 278 total, 10 better than runner-up Jan Stephenson.

Tracy Hanson from Rathdrum, Idaho finished tied for fourth, 12 strokes back after shooting a final round 73.

Sorenstram, the 24-year-old from Stockholm, Sweden, had her first bogey of the tournament on the par-4 12th hole of the 6,740-yard Forest Hills Country Club en route to the $78,750 first-place purse.

Robin Walton of Clarkston shot a 78 for a four-day total of 294, 16 shots back.

D.A. Weibring became the first three-time winner in the Quad City Classic in Coal Valley, Ill., holing an 18-foot birdie putt on the final hole for a one-stroke victory over Jonathan Kaye.

Gary Player won his first Senior PGA Tour title in two years, shooting an 8-under-par 64 to overcome a four-stroke deficit in the Bank One Classic in Lexington, Ky.

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